Blanket-pin.



PATENTBD APR. ll, 1905.

S. GALLOWAY.

BLANKET PIN.

APPLIoATloN FILED 0012.28, 1904.

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Patented April 11, 1905.

UNTTED STATES PATENT @Fisici-1i..

SAMUEL GALLCNVAY, OF YALE, KANSAS.

BLANKET-PIN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 78 7,286, dated April 11, 1905.

Application led October 28, 1904. Serial No. 230,440.

Be it known that l, Saunen (ALLowxY, a citizen ot' the United States, residing' at Yale, in the county ot Crawford, State ot' Kansas,

have invented certain new and useful lniprovei to provide a pin especially designed Vt'or p.in l

ning horse -blankets which will be simple ot' construction and cheap otl manu facture.

Another object is to provide a pin which may be attached to one side of a blanket and which may be attached to the other side when desired without interfering with its attachment to the tirst-mentioned side, it being thus possible to secure a blanket in position during windy weather without t'ear ot' the pin being entirely detached troni the blanket by the wind.

Other objects and advantages will be ap parent trom the following description, and it will be understood that modilications ot' the specitic construction shown may be made and any suitable materials may be used without departing trom the spirit ot the invention.

In the drawings forming a portion ot' this specitication, and in which like characters ot reference indicate similar parts in the several views, Figure l is a perspective view ot' the pin. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a sectional view otl the hooked end ol' one of the members.

Referring now to the drawings, the present invention comprises two pieces otl stili1 wire or other suitable material and 6, which are bent upwardly at their inner ends at right angles to form portions 'T and 8, and these portions are disposed side by side and throughout approximately the lower halves otl their lengths are secured together by a wire 9 wrapped therearound and soldered thereto, the portions T and S being also soldered together. Adjacent to their centers the portions T and 8 are bent laterally and then upwardly to t'orm spaced vertical portions l0 and ll, which occupy a plane extending at right angles to the central portions l2 of the wires and T, the portions Tand 8 thus lorming a bracket A. The portions 1Q just mentioned lie between the upwardly-extending portions 7 and 8 and the outer extremities ot the wires, these outer extremities being curved upwardly, as shown at 13, and, as illustrated, the portions l2 extend in opposite directions and are otlset from each other. The ends ot the upwardly-curved portions i3 are reduced, as illustrated at lst, and engaged with these reduced portions are the lower tu bular ends of metallic lingers l5, which are curved inwardly and downwardly over the portions l2 in the direction ot' the portions 7 and 8, and in their faces which lie in the direction ot the wires 5 and (5 the lingers l5 are provided with grooves lli.

The lingers l5 are preferably formed, as illustrated, from sheet-metal blanks bent longitudinally into arc shape, and having tabs 17 at opposite sides ot' one end which overlap to torni the lower tubular portions of the lingers.

Formed through the portions lOand ll are alining pert'orations 1S, and engaged at its ends in these pertorations is a pin 19, upon which is mounted a helical spring 20, the ends ot' the wire ot' which it is formed extending at right angles thereto in opposite directions to form tongues 2l and 22, one of which lies above each ot' the portions l2.

The tongues 2l and 2.2 are curved downwardly in the direction ot' the portions l2 and then upwardly and lie with their tree ends in the grooves 16 ot' the lingers l5, these free ends being sharpened, as illustrated. As shown, the tongues are spaced t'rom the free ends ot' the lingers l5 and from the portions l2 and when it is desired to engage a blanket with the device an edge ot' the blanket is passed between one ot' the tongues and the end ot' the adjacent linger l5. which moves the tongue downwardly and disengages the sharpened end t'rom the groove ot' the tinger, when the blanket may be further moved to bring its edge beyond the end ot' the tongue. Vhen this is done, the tension ot' the spring 2l) will Vtorce the sharpened end ot` the tongue through the blanket, the sharpened end of the tongue returning into the groove 16, thus preventing disengagement of the blanket.

It will be apparent that the two ends of the device may be operated independently of each other, as described above, and that when the blanket is to be disengaged it is only necessary t-o press the tongue down with the lingers and to slide the blankets therefrom.

/Vhat is claimed isl. A blanket-fastener comprising a member having its ends curved upwardly and inwardly and having grooves in the under sides of its curved portions, the free ends of said curved portions being spaced from each other, an upwardly-extending bracket connected with the member intermediate of its ends and lying between the free ends of the curved portions, and oppositely-extending spring-tongues secured at one end to the bracket and having their free ends sharpened, said tongues lying with their sharpened ends in the grooves of the curved portions.

2. Adevice of the class described comprising two metallic rods having their inner ends turned upwardly at right angles thereto, said upwardly-turned portions being disposed side by side and secured together, the upper ends of said upwardly-turned portions being spaced laterally from each other, sa'id rods extending in opposite directions and having their free ends curved upwardly, curved fingers secured to the free ends of the rods and extending inwardly thereover in the direction of the meeting ends of the rods, said fingers having grooves in their Linder faces, and a helical spring mounted between the spaced portions, the ends of the wires of which the spring is formed extending in opposite directions and having their extremities sharpened, said sharpened extremities lying in the grooves of the Jfingers.

In testimony whereof l ax my signature in presence of two witnesses.

SAMUEL GALLOWAY. Witnesses:

E. E. COULTER, STELLA Torn. 

